Digital Storytelling with the iPad — by Apple Distinguished Educators Cindy Huson, Karen Bosch, Sherri Clemens, Jerome Burg, Jim Harmon, Paul Devoto
Digital Storytelling can transform your students’ writing into a visual masterpiece that is filled with voice and emotion, while enhancing critical thinking skills. The iPad takes digital storytelling to a new level by making the process easier, and even more engaging for students of all grade levels as well as for their teachers. This site will help guide you in what you need for success in the iPad Digital Storytelling classroom.
Resources
Storytelling Articles:
- How Do I Come Up with a Story Idea?
- Digital Storytelling with the iPod Touch
This site has many examples of how to use various iPod touch apps for digital storytelling.
Web 2.0 Resources
- Flickr’s
Creative Commons Collection (Web 2.0) Very simple interface, works well with the iPad and Keynote. Tens of millions of images. Free!
Miscellaneous Resources
- Apple iPad Connection Kit ($29.00) Gives two ways to import photos and videos from a digital camera: using the camera’s USB cable or using the included SD card reader.
- SoundPaper ($4.99) A great app to repurpose for digital storytelling!! Record the brainstorming process, take notes, and draw. Miss something? Click a word and SoundPaper automatically jumps to that portion of the audio.
General Digital Storytelling Sites
- Digital Storytelling in the Curriculum– by Sherri Clemens, ADE 2007
- Center for Digital Storytelling– The Center for Digital Storytelling is a California-based non-profit 501(c)3 arts organization rooted in the art of personal storytelling.
- Digitales– Welcome to a world of resources, examples and training opportunities to inspire your own digital storytelling tales!
- Tech Head Stories– Great list of links related to digital storytelling.
- Stories for Change– “Stories for Change is an online meeting place for community digital storytelling facilitators and advocates.”
- Jason Ohler– Jason Ohler is the author of Digital Storytelling in the Classroom.
- Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling– From the University of Houston
Digital Storytelling and iTunes U
- Read It, Write It, Tell It– WOUB-http://www.woub.org/readwritetell/
- The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling– University of Houston College of History
- Digital Storytelling– The Maine Writing Project
- UMBC Digital Stories– An iTunes site that features digital stories in video form.